New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) A circular by Navodaya Vidayalaya Samiti under the human resource development ministry to observe Good Governance Day on Christmas Day kicked up an uproar in parliament but the government sought to clarify the essay competition being held on the day was voluntary and no school had been asked to remain […]
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Three private schools here expressed dismay over the centre’s reported directive to Navodaya schools to call students on Christmas, saying that the move would hurt the religious sentiments of Christians. The principals of Delhi’s prominent schools, who IANS spoke to, said though they did not receive any such circular, they […]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Over 1,000 volunteers, including college students, Sunday took part in a campaign to clean river Yamuna and highlight the role of volunteers in cleaning the polluted lifeline of the national capital. According to various surveys, Yamuna is one of the most polluted rivers in India. The campaign kicked off at […]
Shimla, Dec 14 (IANS) There was moderate to heavy snowfall at many places in Himachal Pradesh for the second day Sunday, hampering traffic on roads, specially in upper Shimla and Manali areas. Capital city Shimla saw the day’s minimum temperature recorded barely above the freezing point at 0.4 degree Celsius, the season’s lowest. The picturesque […]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) A Delhi Police assistant-sub inspector and a constable were killed while a head constable was left critically injured when a call centre van, asked to halt at a police barricade, ploughed into them, the police said Sunday. The incident occurred shortly past Saturday midnight (12.45 a.m) in south Delhi’s Kalindi […]
Panaji, Dec 14 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar should stop playing a ‘shadow’ chief minister of Goa and fully focus on his new role as the minister of a sensitive central portfolio, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh said Sunday. Parrikar’s constant presence in Goa despite his elevation as defence minister indicated that the former chief […]
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) Accusing West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress of trying to disrupt the CBI probe into the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam, the Congress Sunday said it will move the Supreme Court seeking its intervention. Congress leader Abdul Mannan, who played a key role in filing a petition on which the SC eventually directed […]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) In a major decision impacting inter-connected sectors of energy, education and women, Power Minister Piyush Goyal Sunday announced that a government girls’ school in Punjab would be the first in the country to introduce energy efficiency as a subject in the school curriculum. “The Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar […]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Cold wind and rain Sunday brought Delhi’s maximum temperature to 16 degrees Celsius, seven notches below the season’s average. The weather department has forecast a clear Monday but indicated rain is likely in the evening. “There will be a overcast Monday morning which will turn clear. Cold wind and rain […]
Hyderabad, Dec 13 (IANS) The K.Chandrasekhar Rao ministry in Telangana will be expanded Dec 16. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan will administer oath to the new ministers at Raj Bhavan at 11 a.m, said an official statement Saturday. Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao met the governor Saturday to convey his decision to expand his ministry – its first […]